单词 | throw something away |
释义 | throw something away1Discard something as useless or unwanted: many of the cans and bottles thrown away may have cost more to make than the contents...
Synonyms discard, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, unload, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out; recycle, break up, demolish, write off informal chuck (away/out), ditch, bin, junk, get shut of British informal get shot of, see the back of North American informal trash, shuck off, wreck 1.1Discard a playing card in a game. 1.2Waste or fail to make use of an opportunity or advantage: I’ve thrown away my chances in life...
Synonyms squander, waste, fritter away, dissipate, run through, fail to exploit, make poor use of, lose, let slip informal blow, pour/chuck something down the drain 2(Of an actor) deliver a line with deliberate underemphasis for increased dramatic effect: he covered up for his author by charmingly throwing away as many lines as possible...
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